they have a lot of increased competition from samsung and google. next year we are talking about an iwatch, where you can tweet through your watch. it doesn't make much sense. then they are talking about and iphone 6, in different colors. it's just not really perking my interest. competition is starting to get to them. > is this the post-steve jobs era that we are now into, where apple just becomes another tech company? > > i think so. unless we get huge news on an apple tv, and that is not going to come out until the end of next year, i think apple is going to head one way, and that is south. as we have seen, the market has been very, very strong last week. apple sold off. it's gone down another $15 on friday. they report earnings january 23rd. i think they could have another huge miss. apple has now been missing on earnings. we have a supply chain issue. we have a lot of issues going forward. they have a lot of cash. go acquire something. buy a twitter for $15 billion, $14 billion. get stockholders interested again. until then, i'm playing it to t